Global Patent Index - EP 3234513 A4

EP 3234513 A4 20180912 - SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PIPE TYPE DETECTION

Title (en)

SYSTEM, APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PIPE TYPE DETECTION

Title (de)

SYSTEM, VORRICHTUNG UND VERFAHREN ZUR AUTOMATISCHEN ROHRTYPDETEKTION

Title (fr)

SYSTÈME, APPAREIL ET PROCÉDÉ PERMETTANT UNE DÉTECTION AUTOMATIQUE DE TYPE DE TUYAU

Publication

EP 3234513 A4 20180912 (EN)

Application

EP 15870989 A 20151216

Priority

  • US 201462093116 P 20141217
  • US 2015066106 W 20151216

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO2016100519A1] A fluid flow meter can include a sensor capable of transmitting a transmit signal to propagate, at least partially, through a fluid in a pipe and receiving a respective receive signal. The fluid flow meter can include a memory storing computer code instructions and a plurality of pipe type signatures associated with a plurality of pipe types. Each pipe type signature of a respective pipe type of the plurality of pipe types can include one or more characteristics of receive signals associated with that pipe type. The fluid flow meter can also include a processor communicatively coupled to the sensor and to the memory. When executing the computer code instructions, the processor can determine one or more signal features of the receive signal, and identify a pipe type of the pipe based on the one or more signal features of the receive signal and the plurality of pipe type signatures.

IPC 8 full level

G01F 1/66 (2006.01); G01N 29/024 (2006.01); G01N 29/44 (2006.01); G01F 25/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

G01F 1/66 (2013.01 - US); G01F 1/662 (2013.01 - EP US); G01F 25/10 (2022.01 - EP US); G01N 29/024 (2013.01 - EP US); G01N 29/44 (2013.01 - US); G01N 29/4472 (2013.01 - EP US); G01F 1/667 (2013.01 - EP US)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 2016100519 A1 20160623; AU 2015364673 A1 20170629; CA 2969591 A1 20160623; CA 2969591 C 20191126; EP 3234513 A1 20171025; EP 3234513 A4 20180912; EP 3234513 B1 20200129; EP 3234513 B8 20200311; ES 2785321 T3 20201006; MX 2017007496 A 20180426; PL 3234513 T3 20200727; US 10240955 B2 20190326; US 11193805 B2 20211207; US 2017268915 A1 20170921; US 2018113013 A1 20180426; US 2019219428 A1 20190718; US 9851230 B2 20171226

DOCDB simple family (application)

US 2015066106 W 20151216; AU 2015364673 A 20151216; CA 2969591 A 20151216; EP 15870989 A 20151216; ES 15870989 T 20151216; MX 2017007496 A 20151216; PL 15870989 T 20151216; US 201715609912 A 20170531; US 201715850825 A 20171221; US 201916364071 A 20190325